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Error Hashing (files missing)

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I get the message on some files

Error hashing < filepath > The system cannot find the path specified.

The file is there though. But neither AirDC++ nor the original client won't find it. I've tried refreshing but it keeps popping up again. I even tried the /rebuild command, but i dunno what's that doing.

What should i do?

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eMTee (realprogger) said : 		#1

Make sure the files are readable, acessible (with the user account you run DC++ under) and their full path's aren't longer than 254 characters.

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Removed by request (removed2328373) said : 		#2

How can i measure how long the filenames are?

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eMTee (realprogger) said : 		#3

Copy the path to a text editor?
But if you see very long path's in all of these error messages then most probably the problem is that they're too long. You shoud rearrange/rename/truncate some folder names.

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Removed by request (removed2328373) said : 		#4

Ok so it does count the full path incl the file extension name like *.flac, *.mp3, *.mkv ?? If so it's way longer than 245 characters, one is even 287 char long.

I can't shorten them because i use them in utorrent also where i share it, should i rename them the torrent which i use to share the folder with becomes invalid.

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eMTee (realprogger) said : 		#5

Full path is <drive letter>:\folder\folder\filename.ext

254 characters is a limitation of the standard Windows file handling API (which is amusing since the NTFS file system allows 64K long path's). Some programs that support longer path's (like uTorrent or Total Commander) implemented their own file handling using low level functions. For DC++ this problem is already reported and is in the bug tracker marked as Wishlist but the implementation is unfortunately not trivial.

uTorrent supports moving the downloaded data to another location and automatically alter the torrent file according. Using that function you may able to move your downloads to an upper level folder or to one that has shorter name.

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iceman50 (bdcdevel) said : 		#6

as per the MSDN ...

 "The Windows API has many functions that also have Unicode versions to permit an extended-length path for a maximum total path length of 32,767 characters. This type of path is composed of components separated by backslashes, each up to the value returned in the lpMaximumComponentLength parameter of the GetVolumeInformation function (this value is commonly 255 characters). To specify an extended-length path, use the "\\?\" prefix. For example, "\\?\D:\very long path"."